A Visual Platform for Modeling and Editing Decision Trees for Interactive Applications
VisNeed is an interactive platform designed to make the decision tree editor NEED, developed by Barbosa and Rodrigues (2025), more accessible and user-friendly for a broader audience, particularly for users without a background in computing. While NEED provides a formal and robust editor for defining, modifying, and exporting decision trees in standardized formats, VisNeed aims to complement these functionalities by acting as a more intuitive and easy-to-use visualizer and editor. One of the key objectives of VisNeed is to facilitate the adoption of NEED by combining advanced visualization, interactivity, and customization practices. Additionally, it seeks to support various modeling scenarios, such as gameplay design in digital games and interactive applications, thereby extending its utility to researchers and developers. Inheriting structural characteristics from NEED, VisNeed will enable integration with game engines and other computational platforms, offering greater practicality and flexibility in the creation and use of decision trees.
VisNeed is built with modern web and desktop technologies:
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Electron — for building cross-platform desktop apps
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JavaScript & TypeScript — core programming languages
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React — for building the UI
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Tailwind CSS — for styling with utility-first approach
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- @duduMiyake
- Rafael Garcia Barbosa
- @mandreia